Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/10/20 Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl>: > >> Hello, >> >> Is there a way to see docx documents in OpenOffice in Lenny? >> >> I know there is this: >> http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator >> >> But it seems not to be in Debian. Is there an alternative? >> >> > > OpenOffice 3 is your best bet, though if there is complex formatting > then even that is not very good. > > My solution, when possible, is to write to the body from where the > .docx comes from and request that they resend in PDF. Even users of > MSO <2007 will be unable to open .docx files. > Though doesn't the latest version of Office also capable of generating the considerably more universal .odt or .doc formats as well? Why not just have the guy you're collaborating with send you something that isn't a result of Microsoft missing the point of what XML is about?
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